Derek Norris

That Stephen Strasburg is at spring training with the Washington Nationals, ready from the get-go after missing the end of last season, does not necessarily excite him.

"I don't think that's been the issue in past years. Minus my Tommy John year, I've always been here Day 1," Strasburg said. "Question is, I guess, Day 162 — or whatever it is, with those off days."

The right-hander's 2016 came to an early end because of an injury, the second time in his career that he has not participated in a Nationals' postseason. Now Strasburg wants to be around come October, and is hoping a change in his offseason fitness regimen — running longer distances during the...

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